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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

“Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan; The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “On student loan forgiveness, conservative justices skeptical of Biden plan; Roberts and others said Congress should be involved in such an expensive endeavor, and they questioned the plan’s fairness.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court casts more doubt on Biden’s plan to forgive student loans.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Signals Skepticism on Biden’s Effort to Forgive Student Debt; Chief justice questions program’s fairness to those without college loans.”

John Fritze, Joey Garrison, Chris Quintana, and Alia Wong of USA Today have an article headlined “‘Massive new program’: Supreme Court majority signals skepticism over Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court signals skepticism of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.”

In commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Tried Very Hard Today to Find a Good Reason to Screw Biden; But they couldn’t find any good reason.”

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “You probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court; At the end of the day, the most important question in US law is which political party controls the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Take Up Case on Fate of Consumer Watchdog; A decision against the bureau could cast doubt on every rule and enforcement action the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court takes up challenge that threatens consumer watchdog agency.”

Jess Bravin and Andrew Ackerman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Consumer Bureau’s Funding; Lower court struck down independent funding system designed for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court to hear challenge to Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Man whose ‘Cops Ahead’ warning sign got him arrested can sue police; Connecticut attempted to prosecute Michael Friend for police interference but dropped the charges, saying his warning sign actually aided cops in their efforts to curb distracted driving”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

Posted at 11:58 AM by Howard Bashman